MARCH MADNESS: Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Continuing on with March Madness, today's focus is a man that I've had a torrential love affair with for most of my life.  I'm a girl who likes her lover with a heaping helping of intellect, and Dr. Hannibal Lecter delivers much more than the average person can chew.  His mind is something that we cannot even fathom a description for, and his keen eye for the finer things in life are just a slight look into the psyche of one of the greatest crazy doctors in horror movie history.  In a little over sixteen minutes of screen time in The Silence of the Lambs, Dr. Lecter manages to not only suck us into his perspicacious views of the world around us, but showcase his lust for human flesh...AND MAKE US LIKE HIM.  My God, the man should be ousted onto another island like a leper, and it's next to impossible not to idolize the man on his astute merit alone.  Throw all of this information into a bowl, add a dollop of Anthony Hopkins, and stir.  What we're delivered is quite possibly one of the most notable performances in horror antiquity if not in all of cinematic history.  Hell, the man won an Oscar for 16 freaking minutes of screen time.  At least the Academy noticed SOMETHING right.

MARCH MADNESS: Dr. Victor Frankenstein

This March, Day of the Woman will be doing a month-long celebration of all the mad scientists and cray-cray-crazy doctors.  Let the March Madness begin!

It would be a downright crime not to open up March Madness with a little insight on the granddaddy of all things mad scientist.  Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the man to birth THE most iconic monster in movie history.  (Step off Godzilla, Frankie takes this cake).

Despite Mary Shelley describing Dr. Frankenstein as a tragic character, he has been permanently ingrained into the minds of humanity as the king of the bat-sh*t scientists.  Not to mention the Victor Frankenstein of the Romantic period is not a doctor, as he is usually portrayed in adaptations, but a college dropout.  Eat your heart out, Bill Gates.  As for the "Baron" title? That's all movie magic too, and no title is given to his father, either, although they are quite the well to do family.  Most movies have portrayed Victor Frankenstein's as a man in his twenties or thirties. In the book, Victor was only nineteen when he created his monster.  Just swallow that in for a second.  The most memorable movie monster of all time was the brain child of a 19 year old drop-out.  I'm in college and twenty years old...and all I have is a blogspot site.  I'm clearly slacking.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the king of monsters and there has yet to be anyone coming to claim his throne anytime soon. 

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